LINDA BORANIAN IS HFAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture is pleased to announce that Linda Boranian has joined the foundation as its Executive Director. Linda, who has been in the position since October, takes on the responsibilities of overseeing the day-to-day operations at the Donkey Mill Art Center, directing personnel, advising the board of directors, and carrying out board policy.

CHECK OUT WHAT THE KIDS ARE UP TO AT DONKEY MILL ART CENTER

These beautiful murals were created by students in Donkey Mill Art Center's after-school programs. Along with collaborative works, students also learn ceramics, basic drawing and painting, creative visual narratives, printmaking, and collage. DMAC after-school programs are open to students in grades K through 12. The fall semester schedule for classes for Children and Youth will be posted here in August.

THE MANDALA PROJECT

The word Mandala in Sanskrit means "circle". It has a center or axis around which meaningful symbols are placed, expressing a community and its connections to one another. We applied this concept into a collaborative mural project with the fourth graders of Holualoa Elementary School. Here are the awesome results!	"Peace" - By Mrs. Hale's Fourth Grade Class
"Freedom" - By Mrs. Baer's Fourth Grade Class	"Hope" - By Mrs. Haupert's Fourth Grade Class

DMAC Students Create Mural for 1Sky Mother's Day Event

The students in the 21st Century Thursday After School Program at Donkey Mill Art Center participated in a Mother's Day Weekend Event, one of 465 events across the country sponsored by 1SKY.
1Sky is a website that provides a forum for a diverse range of individuals and organizations in a collaborative effort to raise awareness and reverse global warming.

The DMAC Students created a communal mural inspired by the metaphor of mother earth, who nourishes us just like our own mothers.

Click here to read about the DMAC Mother's Day Event on the 1Sky Blog!

SHOWCASE
Art Education for Children & Youth
April 25, 2008 (Friday), 5:30 pm-8:30 pm

ANNUAL ART AUCTION 2008
Mark your Calendars!
The Second Annual Art Auction has been set for Saturday, April 12, 2008

Registration

Call today! Space is limited, so reserve your spot early by calling the Donkey Mill Art Center at 808-322- 3362. The cost of the event is $100 per person.
If you cannot join us on the 12th, ask about absentee bidding.

See the Art

The auction art will be on display at the Donkey Mill Art Center Gallery beginning March 18.

For an informative tour of the auction exhibition, enjoy a walk-through of the gallery guided by Hiroki Morinoue, Donkey Mill Art Center Artistic Director, on three Tuesdays beginning March 18th at 11AM.

Or drop by the gallery any time from March 18 to April 11, Tuesday through Saturday during regular gallery hours 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

PREVIEW THE ANNUAL ART AUCTION
March 18 - April 12 (Tuesday - Saturday)
During regular gallery hours 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

WALK THROUGH DONKEY MILL ART CENTER WITH HIROKI MORINOUE
March 18-April 12, Tuesdays at 11:00 am.

Guided by Hiroki Morinoue, Donkey Mill Art Center Artistic Director, preview an exhibition of the art that will be presented for sale at our Annual Art Auction.

Catalog

Click Here for a catalog of the Auction art.

ACQUIRED TASTE

An exhibition featuring works by Gerald Lucena, Miho Morinoue and Tomoko Nakazato that will run through April 8, 2008.

Donkey Mill Artistic Director Hiroki Morinoue waters three young artists with the nutrients to grow. Through his nurturing personality and inspirational character, Hiroki offers a grounded foundation for Tomoko Nakazato, Gerald Lucena, and Miho Kanani Morinoue to showcase their artwork. Every generation produces extraordinary artists furthering the craft with each contribution. Yet in an industry where popularity and censorship are ingredients, the primary nature of growth is poisoned by consumerism and politics. The Donkey Mill Art Center creates an environment of self-expression and internal discovery by offering a sanctuary for aspiring artists to identify themselves through their own creativity. "Acquired Taste" gives platform to three artists dedicated to self expression over conformity, scrutiny, and ignorance. And as each of these three artists attempts to find themselves more through their work, they unconsciously set an example of innovation and progression while also fundamentally contributing to the ongoing process of art. Tomoko, Gerald, and Miho welcome you to view their individual expressions and examine your own perceptions through the ongoing interpretation of art through analysis and conversation.
Refreshments will be served.
Live Entertainment by Mana Hasegawa & Unit; E

Donkey Mill Art Center is pleased to share the news of two individuals in the midst of our association, receiving and sharing further art education. Through the Laila Art Scholarship and Hawaii Community Foundation, Gerald Lucena will have the opportunity to build upon personal art experience and enhance his art education, traveling to Anderson Ranch in Aspen, Colorado to attend a ten day drawing workshop in August. It is anticipated that his openness to new exposures such as this intensive, and willingness to share knowledge gained by this experience will result in personal growth as an artist and as an educator within our art community in Kona. Gerald, who teaches oil painting and drawing, has organized and run the Summer Art Experience program for DMAC for the past five years, and with this Colorado experience, will bring back valuable perspective, gained from engaging with artists from many states, and within a new learning environment.

Donkey Mill Art Center extends a warm welcome to ceramic artist Tomoko Nakazato this Fall, through the Artists in Residence Program and Laila Art Fund. A native of Japan, Nakazato has studied under pit fire artist and instructor David Kuraoka (who has conducted past weekend workshops at DMAC). She is a 2004 graduate of San Francisco State University. Teaching ceramics at community centers throughout the Bay Area, her work has been exhibited in galleries in Davis, Oakland and San Francisco. "Somewhere between fantasy and reality, Nakazato creates animated ceramic sculptures that reflect her cultural heritages and social conditions of the present." Tomoko's talent in the firing process will enhance the DMAC ceramic department, headed by Gerald Ben, during her stay through November.

• Time: 9 am - 3 pm
• Cost/Family: $25 (member), $55 (nonmember)
• Enrollment limited to 20 families.

Learn the ancient Japanese tradition of preparing for the New Year. The kadomatsu, made of bamboo and pine branches, is placed at the entrance to homes to greet the New Year. Mochi is a rice delicacy served on New Year's Day to symbolize the many blessings that the family will receive in the New Year. You will make a kadomatsu for your home, prepare mochi and taste the delicate sweets.

December 21, 2007 (Friday), 6:30 to 8:30 pm
SLIDE LECTURE OF RECENT WORKS
By Gayle Crites

Donkey Mill Art Center is hosting Gayle Crites, a Colorado printmaker, who will share her experience at the renowned Tamarind Institute in Los Angeles. The public is invited free of charge to this event which will be preceded by a potluck dinner.

Crites will discuss her recent work, "Udon Metaphor", created at Tamarind Institute. The print, made in a limited edition of 30, was produced in the classical tradition of stone lithography in which a freshly inked stone surface is firmly applied to a sheet of paper, thus transferring the design. Crites also added several unique layers to the print, such as a hand-painted wash, original squares of paper stitched from cucumbers, and embroidery, to ensure each one carries the artist's individual touch. But the main intent of this kind of lithography - to let the artist speak primarily through stone - powerfully conveys a tactile quality not available through other media. "Because of the way the lithographic crayon and the stone interact with each other, drawing on stone is the ultimate drawing experience," Crites says.

The culmination of Crites' Japanese-influenced work, "Udon Metaphor", brings together her signature themes: delicate skeins of unraveling lines, flowers that seduce with their fecundity, richly textured paper, and an elegant, calibrated color palette that uses minimalism to maximum effect.

The Tamarind Institute is one the foremost lithography studios in the county, known for the pivotal role it has played in the renaissance of fine art lithography worldwide. It was founded in 1960 in Los Angeles and has been affiliated with the University of New Mexico's College of Fine Arts since 1970. The chance to make a lithograph under conditions that meet the highest rigorous aesthetic and ethical standards reflects highly on the quality of Crites' work, as the few publishing ventures that Tamarind undertakes yearly are by invitation only. Tamarind's curator, Becky Schnelker, described Crites as an artist who "likes crossing boundaries...integrating monotype and lithography, collage and hand stitching, transparent and opaque layers, and Japanese and Western traditions all in one image".

Works on paper are enjoying a marked resurgence of interest in the US, as they take their rightful place as key aspects of contemporary art's expressive and inclusive vocabulary. Well-produced stone lithographs, often indistinguishable from an original drawing, allows the discerning but budget-restricted art collector to acquire the highest caliber art.

Collaborating with such a respected contemporary fine art lithography center as the Tamarind Institute is a significant step in Gayle Crites' career. Crites' new lithograph is a beautiful and contemporary work, signed and numbered in an edition of 30. It will allow a wider range of collectors an opportunity to own an original artwork by Crites.

Crites has a BA from Colorado State University. She has exhibited her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the US. Recently Crites was the recipient of the Neodata Endowment Fellowship in Boulder, Colorado.

October 20th to December 31st, 2007
THIRD ANNUAL FACULTY ART EXHIBITION

Donkey Mill Art Center is home to a host of fine artists. Drop by the Center, Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm to view an incredible exhibition by our in-house faculty, artists in residency, and visiting artists. You will be moved and inspired by the work of these talented individuals.

We proudly present the works of Michael Harada, Ed Kaneko, David Marks, Tomoko Nakazato, Randy Shiroma, Jim Skibby, Angela Swedberg, Mina Takahashi, Robert Winokur, Gerald Ben, Gerald Lucena, Yarrow Lutz, Mac McKenna, Hiroki Morinoue, Miho K. Morinoue, Setsuko W. Morinoue, Jeremiah Nathan, Timothy Ojile, Jeera Rattanangkoon, Matt Rechs, Sam Rosen.

October 20, 2007
FALL ARTS FESTIVAL 2007:
Create a Gift of Art for the Holidays

Join us at the Donkey Mill Art Center on Saturday, October 20th, from 9am to 4pm for our Fall Arts Festival.. This year's theme is Gifts of Art are Created by You. Bring the family for a few hours or for the whole day. All ages can experience the joy of creating gifts with hands-on activities in a variety of media guided by the DMAC faculty artists and their students.

Your choice of gifts to create include greeting cards in watercolor; monotype, silkscreen and multi-media prints; silkscreened t-shirts; handmade giftwrap; raku pottery bowls and plates; origami gift bags; and woven lauhala bracelets.

This is your opportunity to discover and explore an assortment of art forms. In addition, you will be treated to demonstrations in different media as they are presented by DMAC artists throughout the day.

This fundraising event will support the HFAC's in-school and afterschool art programs.

Admission for the day is $5. Children under 12 are free and must be accompanied by an adult. Fees for art supplies vary according to the medium selected; some are free of charge. No food will be served, so please bring a lunch and beverage for yourself.

Friday, October 19th, 2007
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND DINNER

Calling all HFAC Members and art lovers. Please join us on October 19th for our Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner. On this evening we will celebrate our Aloha for DMAC with music, great kaukau, fine wine and good friends. You will also have a privileged preview of our 3rd Annual Faculty Art Exhibition and the thrill of our silent auction. Look for your invitation in the mail.

INTERIORS:
A movement and sound performance

COOL FUSION:
1000 Bowls Created for Donkey Mill Ceramic Department Fundraiser

On Sunday, August 19, Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture presents “Cool Fusion,” a Foundation fund-raising event, coordinated by Setsuko Morinoue, Gerald Ben, and Tomoko Nakazato to help cover costs involved in making the Ceramic Studio available for classes and other community events. The event will be held on the lawn at Donkey Mill Art Center from 12 noon until 3 p.m. The cost is $20 for adults and $12 for children under 12.

At “Cool Fusion” you will choose a beautiful hand-thrown bowl (yours to keep) and serve yourself Japanese cold noodles with fresh vegetables, topped with a fine homemade broth (no MSG). After serving yourself, enjoy the company of friends, old and new and the music of guitarist Greg Shirley and vocalist Mana Hasegawa in the ambience that is the Donkey Mill Art Center.

Additional stoneware bowls may be purchased at the event for $10 per bowl. Take them home to create your own “Cool Fusion” for your family and friends or give a bowl or set of bowls as a special gift.

1000 hand thrown bowls for the event were created and uniquely glazed by the Foundation’s ceramic teachers, community potters, and their dedicated students Mahalo to Elena Garcia, Lou Lambert, Gerald Ben, Setsuko Morinoue, Tomoko Nakazato, Mary Laird, Leanne Trubell, Conner Murphy, Suzanne Merner, Bill Hewgly, James Benson, Matt Rechs, and Judy Russell who have been working on Saturdays and Sundays and any free time they have to help support the DMAC Ceramics Department.

Additional information is available at the Donkey Mill Art Center 808-322-3362, from 10am-4pm Tuesday thru Saturday.

An Art Exchange Program between Monterey, CA, and the Big Island Printmakers. (This exchange is sponsored by the members of HFAC and MPC.)

March 13 - April 15, 2007
Visual Telephone A group exhibition by the Monterey Peninsula College Fine Art Print Club, presented by DMAC.

April 13, 2007
Join DMAC for the closing reception for Visual Telephone.

April 24 - May 25, 2007
Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) presents Current Voyage by the Pacific Island Printmakers.

April 26, 2007
Opening Reception of Current Voyage in Monterey, CA, hosted by MPC.

• Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Join us in our annual Spring Art Festival and partake in some or all of the activities:

• Papermaking
• Ceramics
• Silk Printing
• Mural Painting
• Origami
• Face Painting
• Shibori
• Print Making
• Drawing
• and More!

We invite you to participate in our Spring Art Festival. Come for a few hours or for the whole day. Hands on activities in a variety of media will help young and old experience the joy of creativity. These activities include painting and drawing, multimedia and printmaking. There will also be demonstrations in ukulele playing, wheel throwing and woodturning and free activities in papermaking, origami, face painting, and a children' s mural.

Join us for the opening reception of Celebrating Arts by Youth. This is an opportunity to view the work done through HFAC's children's outreach and after school programs. The colorful and playful display of our children's art is inspiring to all ages.

• Registration: Due to limited space, please RSVP before Feb 2nd - Mahalo!
• Sunset Gala - Food and Beverage Service: 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
• Silent Auction: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
• Live Auction: begins at 6:00 pm
• $75 per guest
  

• You may bid by raising your bidder paddle so the auctioneer or bid spotter may recognize your bid.
• The highest bid acknowledged by the auctioneer shall be deemed a legal contract to purchase the item by the bidder.

• Bid numbers may be obtained by registering to attend the event at the cost of $75 per guest.
• A person may bid an Assured Buy price which is listed in the silent auction section on the website.

• Obtain a bid number by telephone: 808-322-3362 Tuesday through Saturday starting Tuesday, January 16 until 8:00 PM on Friday, February 9, 2007.
• Absentee bids may be submitted by telephone 808-322-3362 Tuesday through Saturday and will be recorded as they are phoned in.
• When a person writes his Bid and Bidder no. in the Assured Buy column he/she will immediately own the piece. Bids above the Assured Buy will not be accepted.
• An Assured bid Price is listed with each item on the Silent Auction section on the website.

Participating Artists: